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Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 7th February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 7th February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 7th February 2018 set can be very beneficial for your upcoming IBPS, SSC, Railway exams as it consists of important, carefully picked current affairs questions. Solve the question set and read Daily Current Affairs Update - 7th February 2018 thoroughly.

Q1.Who among the following has inaugurated the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav of Lord Gomateswara in Karnataka ?
A]Narendra Modi
B]M Venkiah Naidu
C]Ramnath Kovind
D]Siddaramaiah
E]None of them

Q2.Name the organization that has recently launched the most powerful rocket towards the Mars .
A]NASA
B]ISRO
C]JAXA
D]SpaceX
E]None of these

Q4.Name the organization that has ranked top Environment Policy Think Tanks in India .
A]Council On Energy, Environment AND Water
B]Centre for Science and Environment
C]Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
D]Center for Civil Society
E]None of these

Q5.According to the 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy statement released by RBI, what is the current policy repo rate under LAF ?
A]5.75%
B]6.0%
C]6.2%
D]6.6%
E]7.2%

Q6.Name the organization that has joined hand with NCERT to teach students about Digital Safety .
A]Amazon
B]Microsoft
C]Facebook
D]Instagram
E]Google

Q7.India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile. Which of the following statement(s) is / are true about Prithvi - II missile ?
A]It is done by the Army from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, in Odisha.
B]It is a surface-to-surface missile and has a strike range of 350 km.
C]It is the first missile to have been developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
D]Only A and B
E]All of these

Q8.Name the Cricketer who has become the first woman in the world to take 200 wickets in ODI cricket.
A]Jhulan Goswami
B]Cathryn Fitzpatrick
C]Lisa Sthalekar
D]Anisa Mohammed
E]Jenny Gunn

Q9.The Government of which state has launched the "Gobardhan Yojona" to provide organic manure and cow urine to benefit farmers ?
A]Punjab
B]Uttar Pradesh
C]Haryana
D]Bihar
E]Jharkhand

Q11.Who has won Silver in 2018 ITTF World Junior Circuits Final held at Luxemberg ?
A]Kanak Jha
B]Sarath Kamal
C]Manav Thakkar
D]G Sathiyan
E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. The President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav of Lord Gomateshwara in Hassan district of Karnataka.

Explanation 2. SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest competitor.

Explanation 3. Kathakali maestro Madavoor Vasudevan Nair collapsed on stage and died while performing at Agasthyacodu Mahadeva Temple, Anchal. He was 89. Though he was rushed to a hospital, he was soon declared dead. A recipient of several awards, including Padma Bhushan, he was a follower of the Kaplingattu School, the particular style of south Kerala

Explanation 4. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been ranked the top environment policy think tanks in India while it has secured the 16th position in global rankings, climbing up two positions from the last year. The rank was given by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Explanation 5. The Reserve Bank of India in its sixth bi-monthly policy sailed with the Street expectations and kept the repo rates unchanged at 6 per cent. However, RBI did raised red flags about potential steep spike in prices, fiscal profligacy, and the likely fallout of volatility in global financial markets. The RBI cuts its FY18 GVA growth to 6.6% and kept the stance neutral.

Explanation 6. Google collaborates with NCERT to launch ‘Digital Citizenship’ course in India. Students from class 1 to 12 across 1.4 million schools in India will learn how to become good and responsible digital citizens.

Explanation 7. India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range in Odisha, defence sources said. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Army and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of training exercise.

Explanation 8. India’s pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami has created another record when she became the first woman cricketer to take 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODI). The 35-year-old achieved the feat when she took South Africa’s first wicket during the second ODI of the three-match series at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley.

Explanation 9. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has that with a view to facilitating the farmers in the State, ‘Gobardhan Yojana’ has been launched for the sale of organic manure and cow urine. Manohar Lal was addressing villagers at ‘Kisan Samman Samaroh’ organised in Nizampur village of Sonipat district where he distributed cheques of ‘Fasal Bima Yojana’ to farmers.

Explanation 10. Konsam Ormila Devi of Manipur lived up to her growing stature by winning gold in the 44kg category at the Khelo India School Games competition at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. Ormila Devi, the Commonwealth Youth Championship winner, lifted a combined total of 137 kg – 59kg in snatch and 78 kg in clean and jerk -- four kg better than what she achieved in the Commonwealth meet at Gold Coast.

Explanation 11. India's Manav Vikash Thakkar has won the silver medal at the ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals held in Luxembourg.